Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Canedfeldam 1086 DB

• Canefelda, Canefeldā ib.

• Chenefeldam ib.

• Kenefeud 1272 Ass

• Kenefeld 1411 Pat

• Can(e)feld(a), Kan(e)feld(a), Kan(e)felde 12th France 1260 FF 1285 BM

• Childeskanefeld 1285 FF

• Childecanefelde 1291 Cl 1294 FF

• Canefelde ad Castrum 1295 Ipm 1296 Cl 1319 Ipm 1323–34 Londin

• Childenecanefelde 1331 Pat 1347 Cl

• Canefed 12th BM

• Canefeud 1291 Tax

• C(h)an(e)uel(l) 1100–35 Colne 1123–33 OxonCh

• C(h)an(e)uel(l) de Blamust' 1235 Ass

• Kan(n)evell 1216 PatR 1219–28 FF

• Kan(n)evell Castri t.Hy3 BM

• Canevel, Canevel ad Castr' 1254 Ass 1280 Ipm 1302 Misc

• mangna Caneueld ad Castrum 1285 Ass

• Caneuel(l)es 1163–83 OxonCh

• Kaneveles 1198 CurR

• Kaneveles Comitisse 1239,1241 For

• Caneveles 1221 Pat 1248 Ass 1251 Ch

• Caneveles Comitis Roberti 1446 Tilty

• Kaneweles 1235 Ass

• Camville 1201 Civil

• Canvill 1668 ERxxxi

• Kanewell 1228 FF

• Kanewell Magna, Kanewell Parva 1254 Ass

• Much Canwell 1663 ERxxxi

• Cam(e)uelesbla(n)cmustr', Camelblacmust' 1248 Ass

• Childescanesfeld 1285 FF

• Canewefeld 1323 For

• Caumfelde 1397 Pat

• Caunefeld 1412 FA

• Cantfeld 1534 LP 1537 FF

• West Chanfeld 1535 LP

• Canceffeld 1537 FF

• Canfeld alias Cancesfeld 1538 ib

• Candfeild 1611 Ct

• Camfield 1680 ERxxxi

• Albo Monasterio (1275 FF)

Etymology

'Cana 's open country,' v. feld and cf. Canewdon supra 179.The DB Caned - is perhaps a bad form for Caneg - (cf. DB Ledecestre for Leicester, Scelda for Scelga (Shellow), Sydriches Hey for Sigerices - (s. n. Northey supra 218), Redleg for Rayleigh supra 194, and IPN 111 n. 2), and this, with the 1323 form Canewe -, points to the possibility that this was an inga -name.-ville is a French substitution for -vel from veld , due to the Essex voicing of f . This v also > w , hence -well . Cf. IPN 94.Great Canfield was called ad Castrum from the castle of the de Veres who held the manor in 1086, Comitis Roberti from Robert de Ver, who later became earl of Oxford, Comitisse from the countess . It is south of Little Canfield, but stretches farther west . Little Canfield was called Childes (v. cild ) and Blancmustr ' from the family of Thomas de Albo Monasterio (1275 FF).Cf. Blamster's supra 433, infra 485–6. Childene from gen. pl. cildra with dissimilation of r to n . Cf. IPN 106, Child Hanley (St) and Childs Wickham (Gl).